Series of collisions cause minor injuries

Two Ramona residents suffer minor injuries in a series of collisions Tuesday morning

Two Ramona residents suffer minor injuries in a series of collisions Tuesday morning (Sentinel file photo)

Julie Gallant

Several accidents in Ramona Tuesday morning resulted in mostly minor injuries, but one motorcyclist suffering pain and abrasions was transported to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido.

The first accident of the day occurred at 6 a.m. and involved a solo woman driver who is a 59-year-old Ramona resident, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Benjamin Demarest.

Demarest said the woman drove her blue Toyota Prius into a utility pole while making an unsafe turning maneuver on Dos Picos Park Road about a half mile west of Mussey Grade Road. Demarest said the woman suffered minor injuries but was not transported to the hospital.

Less than an hour later, at 6:40 a.m., a grey 2010 Ford Focus collided with a silver and black 2001 Honda CVR motorcycle, Demarest said. The vehicles crashed as a 55-year-old Ramona woman drove the Ford east on Rockin Oaks Way and a 26-year-old Ramona man drove his motorcycle south on state Route 67.

“It was a right-of-way issue between two vehicles at the intersection,” Demarest said. “The cause is still under investigation.”

The motorcyclist suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital but the woman was not injured, Demarest said.

At 7:20 a.m., a separate hit-and-run collision occurred on the southbound side of state Route 67 about a half-mile south of Archie Moore Road, Demarest reported.

The unknown driver who left the scene was driving a 1999 white Ford pickup truck. Demarest said the pickup driver may have sideswiped a blue 2008 Ford Focus driven by a 21-year-old Ramona woman. He said the Ford Focus sustained damage on the passenger side but the woman driver was not injured.

“There may have been an unsafe lane change where they collided,” Demarest said. “It was a misdemeanor hit-and-run and there were no injuries involved.”